Safety



B. P. STRANGE. Safety Appliance for Releasing Horses.

No. 225,179. Patented Mar. 2,1880.

INVENTOR jaw? BY ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES: flu; fir/m Z U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. STRANGE, 0F ooRVALLIs, MoNTANA TERRITORY.

SAFETY APPLIANCE FOR RELEASING HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,179, dated March 2,1880.

Application filed June 11, 1879 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. STRANGE, of Corvallis, Missoula county,Montana Territory, have invented a Safety Appliance for ReleasingHorses, of which the following is a specification.

Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings show, re spect-ively, the halter onhorse and the manger in elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevationof the manger with attachment.

The invention consists in a hitching appliance so connected with thehorses halter that the halter will be out if the animal shouldbecomeentangled in it, as hereinafter described.

B represents a halter connected with the horses head, as shown in Fig. 1of the drawings, or in any other way, or with his neck; G D, the manger,to which the halter is usually fastened; and E, acastin gin which is thesocket i, and which has the ertical rods m m and the curved braces a a,secured to the manger. 0 is a spiral spring arranged in the socket tosupport the slide-block 19 above the edge'q, which is sharpenedto form acutter. r is an opening through which the halter passes to the innerrod, F, where it is secured by a ring, 8, or in any other way, so thatit may slide on the rod. A

It is apparent that if the horse should become entangled so as to pressupon the halter, the latter will force down the block p on its spring,and be brought into contact with sharp edge q, and be instantly severed.

What I claim as new is- The combination, with a manger, CD, of the rodF, having ring 8, and the socket E, having the spring-supported block10, opening r, and sharp edge q, to adapt the halter of a horse to beconnected therewith. as and for the purpose specified.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STRANGE.

Witnesses: I

WILLIAM H. H. DIcKINsoN, OoRTEz GoFF.

